The newly minted vegan (after reading Jonathan Safran Foer’sEating Animals) has pledged to become more involved in animal rights issues — something we’re hoping happens this year. You can see her in the movie, Brothers, right now that also stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire.

When we reject human injustice, nobody needs to go on a “journey” to get to that point. Where animals are concerned, we’re all too eager to pack the car, don the sunglasses and go for ride before we see the truth of what has been in front of us the entire time.